Funding | MCQs

Explanation

USA has recently stopped its 12 Million USD, funding to WWF in 2020

Reasons:

The US will no longer fund eco-guards, law enforcement or “activities related to relocating communities, voluntarily or involuntarily.”

History

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is an international non-governmental organization.

founded in 1961

that works in the field of wilderness preservation and the reduction of human impact on the environment.

Explanation

The Multan Metrobus, is a bus rapid transit  system in Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.

Construction on the line began in May 2015, while operations commenced on 24 January 2017.

Explanation

Explanation

The Africa fund (Action for Resisting Invasion, Colonialism and Apartheid) was instituted by NAM.

The Africa Fund was set up in 2001 to make a difference to communities we had met in East Africa.

 It came on the back of 7 years of visits we had made to churches in Uganda, and then later Kenya, Tanzania & Dr Congo, and from the outset has set out to work through relationship with trusted individuals and groups.

Explanation

ADB abbreviation Asian Development Bank

ADB obtains its funding by issuing bonds on the world's capital markets.

It also relies on the contributions of member countries, retained earnings from lending operations, and the repayment of loans.

(ADB) is a regional development bank established on 19 December 1966

headquartered located in the city of Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines.

The bank also maintains 31 field offices around the world

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